Nintendo 64 (N64)

The Nintendo 64 or N64 for short, was first launched in Japan and the USA in 1996. Then in the UK in 1997.

Processor

• NEC VR4300 RISC CPU based on a MIPS R4300i 64 bit processor
• clocked at 93.75 MHz
• 32 bit data bus
• 4.6 million transistors

Graphics

• SGI 64 bit RCP clocked at 62.5 Mhz
• can process 100,000+ polygons per second

Audio

• 16 bit stereo (maximum)
• 100 channels
• 48 KHz sampling rate

Memory

• 4 MiB of RDRAM, upgradeable to 8 MiB
• clocked at 500 MHz 8 bit

Nintendo 64

The Nintendo 64 logo

External Links

www.nintendo.com Offical pages for the N64

n64.icequake.net Nintendo 64 Tech, technical guides on the N64